Samford vs. Cornell Dunkel Predictions & Vegas Odds - Dec. 7

The Samford Bulldogs (4-6) host the Cornell Big Red (5-4) at Pete Hanna Center, beginning at 7 p.m. ET on Sunday, December 7, 2025. The Big Red are 1-point underdogs in the game. The matchup's point total is 166.5.

Samford enters this game after an 83-57 loss to VCU on Friday. Dylan Faulkner's team-high 22 points paced Samford in the loss. Cornell is coming off of a 93-80 loss to Towson in its last outing on Wednesday. Jake Fiegen scored a team-leading 19 points for Cornell in the loss.

Samford vs. Cornell Odds and Game Time

• When: Sunday, December 7, 2025 at 7 p.m. ET
• Where: Pete Hanna Center in Birmingham, Alabama
• Spread favorite: Samford -1
• Moneyline favorite: Samford -117
• Moneyline underdog: Cornell -103
• Over/Under: 166.5 points

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Betting the Over/Under: Samford vs. Cornell

• This season, Samford's games have hit the over on this matchup's 166.5-point over/under just once.
• There have been six Cornell games that ended with a combined score higher than 166.5 points this season.
• The Bulldogs average 72.0 points per game and the Big Red score 91.2, which is 3.3 points under the matchup's point total of 166.5.
• These two teams surrender a combined 164.6 points per game, 1.9 points less than this contest's over/under.
• Samford has seen a 151.6 average over/under in its games this season, 14.9 less than the over/under in this matchup.
• A difference of 9.7 points separates the average over/under in Cornell's games (176.2 points) and this contest's over/under (166.5).

Betting the Spread: Samford vs. Cornell

• Samford has four wins against the spread in 10 games this year.
• The Bulldogs have been favored by 1 point or more five times this season and are 3-2 ATS in those matchups.
• Thus far this season Cornell has two wins against the spread.
• The Big Red have been underdogs by 1 point or more four times this season and have not covered the spread once.
• Samford is winless ATS (0-2) as a 1-point favorite or greater at home.
• Away from home, Cornell has two wins against the spread and are 2-4 overall.
• Cornell is unbeaten ATS (2-0) as 1-point underdogs or more on the road.

Betting the Moneyline: Samford vs. Cornell

• This season, Samford has been moneyline favorites five times and won four of those games.
• This season, the Bulldogs have won four of their five games when favored by at least -117 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that Samford has a 53.9% chance to win.
• Cornell has been named as the moneyline underdog four times this season but has yet to come away with a victory in any of those games.
• This season, the Big Red have been a moneyline underdog of -117 or more four times, losing every contest.
• The moneyline set for this matchup implies Cornell has a 50.7% chance of walking away with the win.

Dunkel Index Prediction for Samford vs. Cornell

• Pick ATS: Cornell (+ 1)
• Pick OU: Under (166.5)
  
• Prediction: Cornell 84 - Samford 74